Jon Stewart nails it

[Dem4Life1102]

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[Wicked Blue]

1. Lawyers 'R' Us nt

[leftieNanner]

2. Any Public Defender would be better than this guy

But he may not be expecting to get paid - and a Public Defender does!

[lagomorph777]

4. He's working Pro Bonehead

[Escurumbele]

7. Good one...LOL

[CaptYossarian]

10. When you're $400 million in the red, it's all you can get.

Giuliani wanted too much and the comedy team of Starr & Dershowitz are enjoying a feeding tube before bed at 6 pm.

[reACTIONary]

15. Public defenders are aces...

... they take on the most desperate, impossible case, and do a solid job.

I have a friend who was taking a law class with an prosecutor. He briefed the class with a lot of information that the jury did not get to hear. The class attended the trial, and he said the public defender almost had him convinced that the defendant was innocent!

[happybird]

17. That has definitely not been my experience with them

I’ve had 3 public defenders in my life and all three were way overworked and apathetic. Most of the time, they don’t even read about your case until minutes before the hearing, and encourage everyone to just plead guilty to get a lesser sentence (and to get your case done asap for them). Friends have had the same experience as I did. I imagine if they have a big case, with a more serious charge than possession, something like manslaughter, they might do a more thorough job?

I’m sure there a good ones out there, somewhere, and they are probably young and idealistic- unlike the beaten down, harried, shells of lawyers I had.

[reACTIONary]

18. I'm sorry to hear about your experience...

... and adjust my attitude towards public defenders accordingly.

[iscooterliberally]

19. I used a public defender once about 20 years ago. I would never do it again.

People don't realize that giving up one's right to choose their own attorney is huge. It's expensive to hire a lawyer, but most will work out a payment plan with you. This is just another way that our 'justice system' sticks it to the poor. I had to hire a lawyer a couple of times after that. I have also sat on several juries including a murder trial and a resisting arrest with violence trial. Choosing a good lawyer that has the time to focus on your case will always bring a better outcome.

[halfulglas]

3. Which one?

Castor or Schoen?

[Greywing]

5. So far both

They are divisive scrubs

[matt819]

6. Of course, it doesn't really matter

These buffoons could read War and Peace or Klingon translations of Star Trek dialog or the Warsaw phone book. Republicans don't care. Whether its fear of trump, hatred of Democrats, racism, anti-semitism, Islamophobia, or outright treason, most of them will vote to acquit. If they had a shred of dignity, they would at least not show up to vote.

Anyone have any thoughts on how this travesty of a jury trial will play out in the real world, that is, how it might affect how people on juries make decisions. I mean, if this kind of treacherous behavior is allowed in the Senate, why should it matter in a pissant courtroom? Guilty, your honor. Or Not Guilty, your honor. After all, WTF.

[live love laugh]

11. I dislike the fear-of-** excuse. It takes away individuals' responsibility

IMHO. They, many anyway, are morally bankrupt with or without **.

[erronis]

13. You have a good way with words and meanings. And these words are right. Guilty.

[rurallib]

8. Pure manure like this ya gotta pay for

[tinrobot]

9. That's an insult to shitty public defenders.

[live love laugh]

12. 🤣😂🤣

[Kablooie]

14. But he's still making a rock solid, waterproof case for Republicans.

He could be speaking Xhosa and they'd claim it was a solid case for not holding Trump responsible for everything he was responsible for.

[BobTheSubgenius]

16. I think I'll miss Jon Stewart forever.

I know we get small doses here and there, but...